{"id":355417,"date":"2021-10-20T00:57:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T21:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/netflix-rides-squid-game-popularity-to-better-than-expected-sign-ups\/"},"modified":"2021-10-20T00:57:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T21:57:44","slug":"netflix-rides-squid-game-popularity-to-better-than-expected-sign-ups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/netflix-rides-squid-game-popularity-to-better-than-expected-sign-ups\/","title":{"rendered":"#Netflix rides \u2018Squid Game\u2019 popularity to better-than-expected sign-ups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Netflix rides \u2018Squid <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a>\u2019 popularity to better-than-expected sign-ups<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Despite coming under fire recently over the Dave Ch<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>elle comedy special, streaming giant Netflix posted strong gains in subscribers in the third quarter. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s ridden the popularity of hit shows \u201cSquid Game\u201d and the latest season of the British teen comedy \u201cSex Education\u201d to juice new sign-ups.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Gatos, Calif.-based company said Tuesday that it added 4.4 million new customers in the quarter, more than the 3.5 million expected by analysts. Now, the world\u2019s largest streaming service has a total of 214 million paid subscribers. <\/p>\n<p>In recent months, Netflix said it experienced a slowdown in subscriber growth as the pandemic has waned and people are spending less time at home streaming shows.<\/p>\n<p>But the buzzy \u201cSquid Game\u201d helped turn around that trend. In the company\u2019s shareholder letter Tuesday, co-CEOs Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos credited the South Korean drama as having \u201cpierced the cultural zeitgeist\u201d across the globe, attracting 142 million subscriber households to watch the show in the first four weeks of it hitting the service last month.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/netflix-earnings-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The Netflix Inc. website home screen on a laptop computer arranged in the Brooklyn Borough of New York, \" class=\"wp-image-19855468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/netflix-earnings-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/netflix-earnings-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/netflix-earnings-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Netflix added 4.4 million new customers in the third quarter, bringing its tally to 214 million subscribers.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Gabby Jones\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The duo did not address the controversy over Chappelle\u2019s latest comedy special,\u00a0\u201cThe Closer,\u201d which was condemned by some employees as being transphobic.<\/p>\n<p>Amid calls to take down the show from its platform, Sarandos defended Netflix\u2019s decision to keep it up, saying the company doesn\u2019t believe the special crossed the line of inciting hate. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on Wednesday a group of trans employees plan to lead a virtual walkout in protest.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/dave-chappelle-daphne-dorman-50-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Dave Chappelle.\" class=\"wp-image-19855481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/dave-chappelle-daphne-dorman-50-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/dave-chappelle-daphne-dorman-50-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/dave-chappelle-daphne-dorman-50-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Co<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>n Dave Chappelle\u2019s new special \u201cThe Closer\u201d has caused a firestorm at Netflix with some employees calling the show transphobic. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Mathieu Bitton\/Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nonetheless, during the quarter, Netflix posted earnings of $1.45 billion, or $3.19 a share, up from $1.74 a share a year ago. Revenue jumped to $7.48 billion, up from $6.44 billion a year ago. Wall Street expected EPS of $2.56 a share on sales of 7.48 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The company said it expects to add 8.5 million subscribers in the fourth quarter, when popular returning shows like \u201cThe Witcher,\u201d \u201cYou,\u201d \u201cTiger King\u201d and \u201cCobra Kai\u201d hit the service.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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It\u2019s ridden the popularity of hit shows \u201cSquid Game\u201d and the latest season of the British teen comedy \u201cSex Education\u201d to juice new sign-ups&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":355418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/netflix.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[117715,70237,14484,1377,67473,117772,1372,70801],"class_list":["post-355417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-10-19-21","tag-corporate-earnings","tag-dave-chappelle","tag-netflix","tag-reed-hastings","tag-squid-game","tag-streaming","tag-ted-sarandos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}